11-17, 16:30–17:30 (Asia/Beirut), Station
The panel discussion will focus on how the findings of a Internews and Localization Lab's recent review of Facebook and YouTube's content moderation policies in Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, and Hindi illuminates critical issues in policy, platform, and product localization and social inclusion online. The discussion will focus on why localization matters, how localization impacts all aspects of content moderation and platform governance, how platforms can provide clear and usable translations, as well as why community-based localization is critical to creating industry standards in the ways that platforms translate public-facing documents.
Orla leads participatory research with communities to understand how to better localize and design tools, and she leads assessments to measure the impact of these tools. She brings experience leading research in Latin America to advance public health and the right to nutrition. She advocates for quality, timely, inclusive, and sufficient public resources—information, services, and spaces—so that every person can thrive. At Localization Lab, Orla leads research programs and project localization through participatory research and knowledge co-production, and she provides technical guidance across Localization Lab’s research portfolio.